Qb Jones Still Standing On Sidelines

October 17, 2004|By DARRYL SLATER Daily Press

MURFREESBORO, N.C. — Former starting quarterback Phillip Jones missed his fourth consecutive game Saturday. He last played on Sept. 11, when he tore the medial collateral ligament in his left knee in an 18-15 win over McDaniel.

CNU coach Matt Kelchner asked Jones if he could play, and Jones decided to rest for another week. He said he's feeling 65 to 70 percent healed.

"I still can't cut on it," he said. "I can jog and run a little bit."

Jones stood on the sideline in street clothes while the Captains beat Chowan 48-7. Jones practiced in pads last week for the first time since being hurt. Jones will practice in pads again this week.

"If I could've played today, I would've played," he said.

Said Kelchner: "It was better just to say, 'Hold on for one more time.'"

In his four starts, Bryant has thrown for seven touchdowns and averaged 179 passing yards.

FLAGGED DOWN

Kelchner was again upset with the Captains' penalty totals. CNU had 10 for 131 yards, including four, 15-yard personal fouls. Chowan had 11 penalties for 113 yards.

CNU now has 366 penalty yards in its last four games.

"That's too many," Kelchner said. "That's terrible. I've got to do a better job. If we get in a tight ballgame, that's gonna cost us."

ODDS AND ENDS

CNU is now 4-0 against Chowan, defeating the Braves by a combined score of 135-32. ... Most entertaining sequence of the game: With 7:35 left in the second quarter, 5-foot-9 Chowan fullback Britt Harris blocked 6-foot-2 CNU defensive end Ian Vincent, flipping Vincent, and landing on his helmet. On the next play, Vincent knocked the ball away from Chowan quarterback Taylor Furlough, and CNU's Olando Holmes recovered.